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This new Airbus air taxi has a 50-mile range and is quieter than a hairdryer

Baua Electric

Nearly five years in the making, this prototype targets a flight range of 50 miles (80 km) and a cruising speed of 75 mph (120 km/h). Airbus says it will partner with operators and airlines to fly the model worldwide, with plans for it to take flight in Italy, Germany, Norway, and Japan, as well as regions in Latin America.

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GM Cruise unit issues fleet-wide ‘recall’ following viral collision

Teslarati

General Motors’ (GM) self-driving taxi unit, Cruise, has “recalled” its fleet of vehicles following a viral crash with a bus earlier this week. For GM, that comes in the form of its level 3 autonomous taxis serving the San Francisco area under the brand name Cruise. What do you think of the article?

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Ford Unveils Electric Transit Connect, Transit Taxi with Alt Fuel Conversion at Chicago Auto Show

Green Car Congress

Ford also announced that the Ford Transit Connect Taxi will go into production and arrive in dealerships later this year as a 2011 model. Ford will introduce engine prep packages on all Transit Connect models—base and taxi—allowing conversion to compressed natural gas (CNG) or propane (LPG, or liquefied petroleum gas) of the 2.0-liter

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Car News: 2024 Consumer Electronics Show

Clean Fleet Report

The platforms can be mounted with a pickup or van body, and even a passenger design for a taxi. Timing: PVB production is in South Korea with the North America on-sale date to be announced. The RS touts 1,000+ hp with 0-60 mph under two seconds and a top speed of 200 mph. The PV5 should be the first to be released.

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Best and Worst Drivers by City

The Truth About Cars

QuoteWizard analyzed over six million car insurance quotes from drivers in the 70 largest cities in America with a focus on the number of speeding tickets, citations (other moving violations), overall accidents, and DUIs. Mass transit and a surplus of taxi services also help to mitigate drunk driving after the sun goes down.

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2023 Hyundai Ioniq 6: Korean Model 3 clone, or something else altogether?

Charged EVs

Hyundai’s well aware that SUVs now handily outsell sedans in North America. We couldn’t get an estimated 0-to-60-mph acceleration time for our AWD Ioniq 6, and didn’t have proper testing equipment in our single-day drive to measure it properly, though one car magazine tested it at 4.3 Tesla quotes a 0-to-60 mph acceleration time of 4.2

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Ford Unveils New Battery-Electric Tourneo Connect at 2009 Geneva Show

Green Car Congress

The technology is already available for commercial vehicle applications, and at the 2009 Chicago Show we confirmed that we will launch, with Tanfield as our partner, the Transit Connect van as a full BEV in North America in 2010.

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